Posts,
Telecommunications and Information Technology Adviser Md Nahid Islam this
Thursday (September 26) said sacrifices of the martyrs of student-people
uprising would be inspirational for any future movement.
“The
memory of the martyrs must be preserved and they have to be given due respect
so the society gets inspiration, even after hundreds of years, recalling the
revolution of the heroes,” he said.
Nahid
Islam, also the adviser of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, made
the remark when family members of Shaheed Safwan Akhtar, who was killed in the
anti-discrimination student movement, met him at his office at Posts and
Telecommunications Division, said a press release.
During
the meeting, Shaheed Safwan’s father Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman Liton burst into tears
while describing the death of his son. An emotional situation was created when
the adviser took Safwan's father to his chest for consoling him.
Safwan
Akhtar, a brilliant student of ten-grade at Savar Cantonment School and
College, was martyred in police firing near Savar police station on August 5
during the anti-discrimination student movement.
Assuring
Shaheed Safwan’s father of giving all types of assistance, Nahid Islam said
that Safwan gave up his life for the country and this self-sacrifice will not
go in vein.
“Discrimination-free
Bangladesh will be built up by keeping the martyrs of the movement in
forefront,” he added.
Mentioning
that names of all martyrs and those who were injured would be included in the
list, the adviser said that they have a plan to consolidate the memories of the
martyrs.
Dr
Akhtaruzzaman said that the country which has been introduced by the students
should be the new Bangladesh. “We shouldn’t go back. No one like my son should
embrace martyrdom,” he added.
Mother
and sister of Shaheed Safwan Akhtar were present at the time.